Hundreds of responders are working to find people from both wreckages following the crash with at least 18 bodies having been recovered from the Potomac River already.
Chilling audio from the American Airlines plane moments before the crash in Washington has been captured from air traffic control.
Hundreds of responders are working to find people from both wreckages following the crash with at least 18 bodies having been recovered from the Potomac River already, reports the Mirror. In the background of another audio clip, other controllers could be heard reacting to the mid-air collision. The tower then went on to alert another pilot about what had just happened.
Released audio showed another pilot witnessed the crash and confirmed the sighting with one of the air traffic controllers. The pilot said: "Yeah, we were on short final, and we saw flares from the opposite side of the Potomac."
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